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4.5.14 Ensure nfs_use_reserved_ports is enabled
Information
The portcheck and nfs_use_reserved_ports parameters force the NFS server process on the local system to ignore NFS client requests that do not originate from the privileged ports range (ports less than 1024).The portcheck and nfs_use_reserved_ports parameters will both be set to 1 . This value means that NFS client requests that do not originate from the privileged ports range (ports less than 1024) will be ignored by the local system.
Solution
Run the following commands to set the portcheck and nfs_use_reserved_ports entries:nfso -p -o portcheck=1
nfso -p -o nfs_use_reserved_ports=1
See Also
Item Details
Audit Name: CIS IBM AIX 7 v1.2.0 L1
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 817836c583d473c27449f7f0103b77a7065241a15056b3b10eb01f0e76e28e01